Perspective Change

In the blink of an eye...

I followed the same routine this morning that I always follow. Cartoons and fruit for the kids, shower for me. I check on them and sit down at the computer. Sometimes I pull up the blinds while I put on earrings, socks and shoes. I check my mail, the places I like to read and think about what I'll write for the day.

I sat sort of heavy this morning thinking I had nothing new to write about. Another looming snow forcast, same kid issues, same old everything. Then I yanked up the blinds.

Running through the street and my yard was a rabbit and a red fox. Right through the streaking new morning sun. A red fox running for his breakfast.

It sure is a sight to see. A red fox in your front yard. If I lived further out, it wouldn't have been such a startling thing. It simply would have been another country wonder moment of people creeping in where they don't belong. But in the city, a big red fox chasing a plump bunny across the frozen manicured lots is sort of like a lightening bolt cracking a midnight sky.

You get a little jolt. A moment of clarity and wild eyed brilliance in the dead of dark night.

Before I could make a sound, both were gone.

Everything can change in the blink of an eye.